Pressure on Ted Cruz Grows as Third Texas Newspaper Calls for Him to Resign.
The El Paso Times became the latest Texas newspaper to call for Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) to step down from the Senate at the weekend over his objections to the president election results, and his role in the "Stop the Steal" campaign.
Releasing an op-ed on Saturday, the newspaper's editorial board said Cruz had to be "held accountable" for his actions ahead of the Capitol riots on January 6, and argued that his contesting of the election contributed to an "insurrection" at the Capitol.
The Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News delivered similarly strong verdicts on the senator in the wake of the Capitol riots earlier this month, with both calling for the Republican to leave the upper chamber.
In its op-ed published Saturday, the Times' editorial board said: "Cruz shouldn't have ignored those who believe the election was rigged. But to borrow from the title one of his books, now was 'A Time for Truth.' And Cruz knew the Stop the Steal campaign was a fraud.
"Cruz faced immediate calls for his resignation. He needs to resign, but we know he won't step down. Cruz still needs to be held accountable for his conduct."
After it called on law enforcement officials to
"thoroughly explore" Sen. Cruz's alleged role in "inciting" the riots, the local newspaper added that it was "hard to argue against" the view that the Republican's conduct was "seditious."
The Houston Chronicle's editorial board took a similar tack on January 8 as it called for Cruz to "deliver Texas from the shame of calling you our senator" in the wake of the chaos at the Capitol.
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